English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Chelsea WDWDD 2
–
Reading LWWWW 2
1st2ndT
CHE112
REA022
Select Car Leasing Stadium · 24,097 att.

Team Stats

21
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
2
67.6
Possession
32.4
15
SHOTS
5
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
484
Accurate Passes
179
596
Passes
271
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
17
0.4
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
50
27
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
12
Effective Tackles
15
14
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
32
28
Clearances
50

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

REA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Adam FedericiG
  2. 6Adrian MariappaCD-L
  3. 5Alex PearceCD-R
  4. 8Mikele LeigertwoodDM
  5. 23Ian HarteLB
  6. 27Stephen KellyRB
  7. 20Danny GuthrieCM-L
  8. 4Jem KaracanCM-R
  9. 11Jobi McAnuffLM
  10. 14Jimmy KebeRM
  11. 7Pavel PogrebnyakF

Substitutes

  1. 9Adam Le FondreSUB
  2. 3Nicky ShoreySUB
  3. 28Hope AkpanSUB
  4. 12Garath McClearySUB
  5. 15Sean MorrisonSUB
  6. 19Hal Robson-KanuSUB
  7. 41Stuart TaylorSUB

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Ross TurnbullG
  2. 2Branislav IvanovicCD-L
  3. 24Gary CahillCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 10Juan MataAM
  7. 7RamiresLM
  8. 8Frank LampardRM
  9. 9Fernando TorresF
  10. 34Ryan BertrandAM-L
  11. 11OscarAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Paulo FerreiraSUB
  2. 40Henrique HilarioSUB
  3. 26John TerrySUB
  4. 57Nathan AkéSUB
  5. 29Demba BaSUB
  6. 30Yossi BenayounSUB
  7. 21Marko MarinSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Attempt missed. Gary Cahill (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Frank Lampard with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 40' Ramires (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Reading 0, Chelsea 1. Juan Mata (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernando Torres with a through ball.
  4. 58' Foul by Ramires (Chelsea).
  5. 66' Jimmy Kébé (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  6. 66' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ian Harte.
  7. 77' Offside, Chelsea. Juan Mata tries a through ball, but Ryan Bertrand is caught offside.
  8. 77' Substitution, Reading. Hope Akpan replaces Jem Karacan.
  9. 87' Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
  10. 90'+2' Offside, Chelsea. Frank Lampard tries a through ball, but Fernando Torres is caught offside.
  11. 90'+5' Foul by Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea).
  12. 90'+6' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) has gone down, but that's a dive.

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